Junction box



June 5, 1951 BUCKE S 2,556,061

' JUNCTION BOX Filed Oct. 3, 1945 Patented June 5, 1951 JUNCTION BOX Chris C. Buckels, Chicago, Ill., assignor to Henry Hildebrandt, Chicago, Ill.

Application October 3, 1945, Serial No. 620,067

. 1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to improvements in outlet or junction boxes.

The principal object of this invention is to provide an improved outlet or junction box which may be easily and inexpensively manufactured and which may be readily mounted on a stud support with the open face thereof projecting forwardly of the stud support so that it is substantially flush with the surface of a finished wall including the stud support.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon reference to the accompanying specification, claim and drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the outlet or junction box mounted on a stud support;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional View taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the metal blank utilized for forming the rear wall, the top and bottom walls and one side wall of the outlet or junction box; and

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a metal blank which is utilized for forming the other side wall, the partial front wall and the mounting brackets of the outlet or junction box.

The outlet or junction box is generally designated at I and it is shown in Fig. 1 to be mounted on a stud support II forming part of a finished wall. The junction box includes a rear Wall I2, a side wall I3, top and bottom walls I4 and I5, a side wall I6, and a partial front wall IT. The partial front wall I! extends rearwardly at an angle from the open face in the front of the junction box. The top and bottom walls I4 and I carry ears 2n and 2| which are bent into the open face of the junction box and which are utilized for mounting a surface plate, not shown.

The wall I6 and hence the junction box II] is provided with mounting brackets 23 and 24 and these mounting brackets include extensions 25 and 26 bent outwardly at right angles so that the mounting brackets 23 and 24 may closely fit a corner of the stud II. The mounting brackets 23 and 24 and the extensions 25 and 26 thereof are provided with suitable holes 21 by which the junction box In may be rigidly secured to the stud support II.

The junction box is also provided with the usual knockouts 28 and may also be provided with holes 29 which may be utilized for mounting the junction box. if it is desired to mount the same in a different manner.

The junction box I0 is formed from two metal blanks, generally designated at 3B and 3I in Figs. 4 and 5 respectively. The metal blank 30 includes the rear wall I2, one side wall I3, and the top and bottom walls I4 and I5. As will be noted in Fig. 4, the top and bottom walls I4 and I5 are provided with sloping edges 33 and 34 and. these edges are provided with ears 35 and 3G respectively. The side walls I4 and I5 are also provided with projections 31 and 38 respectively and the rear wall I2 is provided with a projection 39.

In forming the metal blank 38 into various walls of the junction box II], the top wall I4 is bent up along the dotted line 4!. The bottom wall I5 is bent up along the dotted line 422, and the rear wall I2 is bent up along the dotted line 43. The rear wall I2 overlies the contiguous edges of the top and bottom walls I4 and I5.

The metal blank 3! provides the side wall I6, the partial front wall I! and also the mounting brackets 23 and 24. The metal blank 3| includes slots 45 and 46 adapted to receive the projections 31 and 38 of the metal blank 30 and also includes notches 4! and 48 to receive the ears 35 and 35 respectively of the metal blank 30. The metal blank 3| also includes a notch 49 for receiving the projection 39 of the metal blank 30. The metal blank 3! also includes projections 50 and 5|.

In forming the metal blank 3I into the partial front wall I! and the side wall I6, the partial front wall I1 is bent up at an angle along the dotted line 52. The projections 50 and 5| are bent up at right angles along the dotted line 53 and the extensions and 2B of the mounting brackets 23 and 24 are bent downwardly at right angles along the dotted line 54.

In assembling the two formed blanks and 3I into the junction box, the projections 31 and 38 are inserted in the slots 45 and 4B, the pro jection 39 enters the notch 49 and the projections 50 and 5| overlie the rear wall I2. At the same time the ears and 36 enter the notches 4"! and 48 respectively. The partial front wall I! overlies the rearwardly extending edges 33 and 34 of the top and bottom walls I4 and I5 respectively. The ears 35 and 35 are then bent over onto the partial front wall I1 and the projections 31 and 38 extending through the notches and 46 are peened. By bending of the ears 35 and 36, the peening of the projections 31 and 38, and due to the locking action of the projections 39, and 5|, the two metal blanks 30 and 3| are rigidly retained in assembled relation to form the outlet or junction box generally designated at I0 in Fig. 1.

By reason of the rearwardly extending partial front wall H, the open face of the junction box projects or extends forwardly of the stud support I I so that after lath and plaster are applied to the stud support H to form the finished wall, the open face of the junction box 10 will lie substantially flush with the completed wall. Also, by reason of the rearwardly extending partial front wall I], the internal capacity of the junction box is quite large for the purpose of accommodating the wires entering into the box through the knockout holes 28.

While for purposes of illustration one form of this invention has been disclosed, other forms thereof may become apparent upon reference to this disclosure and, therefore, this invention is to be limited only by the scope of the appended claim and prior art.

I claim as my invention:

An enlarged outlet or junction box having a partial open face comprising a rear wall, a narrow side wall, a wide side wall, top and bottom walls corresponding in width to the wide side ,wall and having a sloping edge at the front edge on the side of the narrow side wall to correspond with the narrow side wall, a partial front wall formed from a single blank and said narrow side wall, partial front wall and mounted brackets being formed from a single blank.

CHRIS C. BUCKELS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name 7 Date 1,016,925 Appleton Feb, 13, 1912 1,604,516 Jacobsen Oct. 26, 1926 1,734,322 Appleton Nov. 5, 1929 1,808,011 Barnett -1 June 2, 1931 1,963,951 Bowers June 26, 1934 2,214,968 MacMillen Sept. 17, 1940 2,320,621 Lefebre June 1, 1943 

